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Where Do the Students Go at Night in Hogwarts Legacy?

Nighttime mysteries at Hogwarts School.

Hogwarts Legacy is the first big game that had the ambition to bring as much Harry Potter experience as possible to the video game world. The task of getting close to the original books and movies wasn’t small and players were always wondering what mechanics and segments of the HP world they will get to try out in this game.

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With a big Hogwarts castle and the realistic open world surrounding you, there are numerous opportunities to explore, characters to encounter, and stuff to learn. Nevertheless, players wondered how some details like going to sleep would turn out. Let’s dive in and find out.

What Happens to Other Students at Night in Hogwarts Legacy?

Since you can’t go to bed and sleep in Hogwarts Legacy, you get to see what happens during each part of the day. If you go to school at night you will notice that students are missing from the hallways and classrooms, but what’s even weirder is that you wouldn’t be able to find them even in their dorms sleeping. They simply disappear into thin air.

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This is one of the things that bothered some players as they expected that developers will cover this part of the game in a certain way as well. Just having an empty school with most people nowhere to be found during a certain period can seem like an oversight.

If you find this part boring or uninteresting, you can always use the wait feature that the game offers and play only during the daytime when other NPCs are around. However, this can’t be done always as some main quests require you to play during the dark.

Reddit users on Harry Potter Game threads are certainly expecting some sort of a future update that would address this and bring more life to the night in Hogwarts or at least show the students sleeping.


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Đorđe Ivanović
Đorđe Ivanović (Djordje Ivanovic) is Managing Editor of Gamer Journalist and has been with the site since 2022. He has a BA in Journalism and five years of professional writing experience behind him, with a recent personal focus on gaming and technology niches. His GJ coverage includes WWII games, puzzle games, Path of Exile, Overwatch and other live service games. In his free time, you will find this adamant fan of Dota solving some sort of escape room games, and getting familiar with board gaming.